After I retired, I became a Butei clerk

In the end, Edogawa Ranpo was picked up by the president after eating to his heart's content. Before leaving, he and Dazai Osamu exchanged glances tacitly, but the president looked at them twice, but nothing happened. Said, and walked away in a hurry to buy lemonade.

After he left, Osamu Dazai wanted to help Shiratori Eri clean up the tableware, but was rejected by Shiratori Eri and asked to go to bed early, and then he looked at her sadly and resentfully as if he had been hit hard, He walked away step by step.It made Shiratori Eri wonder what this always unpredictable senior was thinking while busy.

Her mind gradually calmed down amidst the sound of running water, and she arranged the tableware by category. The moment she closed the cabinet, her nerves tensed suddenly, she turned to the side, picked up the things with spiritual power, and threw them out , making a crisp cracking sound after colliding with an object.

With a clatter, the plate fell to the ground and shattered. The sound was not small or loud, but it was enough for Dazai Osamu who had just entered the room to hear clearly. His question came from the second floor, "Eri-chan, are you okay?"

"Well, I'm fine, senior. It's just that the plate was accidentally broken. I'll clean it up later."

Shiratori Eri replied to him calmly, but her eyes never deviated from the smiling visitor who suddenly appeared in the living room and the little girl in his hand.

The man with silver hair and golden eyes was dressed as a clown, one eye was decorated with a poker-shaped ornament, and he was wearing a huge cloak behind him.He grinningly pressed the diaper on the sleeping little girl's head, and gestured to turn on the safety switch. Seeing him like this, Shiratori Eri's eyes and expression quickly turned cold.She said silently, 【What do you want to do? 】

【Well, don't be angry, I just want to see you. 】

The silver-haired clown smiled and placed the little girl in the center of his cloak with only half of her body left. Then he took out a white cardboard and a marker pen, and after finishing writing, he raised it up, motioning for Shiratori Eri to look at it.

Seeing him like this, Shiratori Eri didn't use the dagger that slipped out from his right hand, just like playing a charade, and asked him again with his mouth, 【So? 】

[Do you want to guess a riddle, guess who I am?And what are you doing here? 】

[This is two questions.I don't know the first one, but the second one, didn't you say you came to see me? 】

Shiratori Eri's straightforward answer made the man pouted and blinked, his cheeks puffed up slightly with dissatisfaction, as if he was depressed by her answer, and then he quickly wrote the answer on the cardboard.

【You can call me Gogol, I'm here to inform you.Then I am very curious about your ability. Last time, I was sent to the sky by the lady and fell all the way, which almost scared me. 】

[It's still very interesting, but it's a pity that it can't really fly like a bird. 】

After writing this, the man who called himself Gogol showed a big smile, looked slightly sideways at the second floor, and then smiled and said to Shiratori Eri, "Then I will see you again, interesting lady, I hope next time Let’s see your abilities again.”

"You can see it now!"

Eri Shiratori answered him without hesitation, her spiritual power was concentrated in her hand and she raised her hand to attack, but the little girl who suddenly appeared in front of her and blocked her attack route forced her to retract her hand first, almost falling The little girl on the ground hugged.

Seeing her choice, Gogol, who had wrapped his cloak around him, sighed regretfully, and tried to persuade Shiratori Eri seriously, "Miss, it's fortunate that you met me. You're about to have an accident. Well, spatial abilities are very rare, so you shouldn't be injured so easily."

"Then it's time for the clown to leave the scene. Goodbye, Miss Shiratori."

After saying this, he turned over his cloak, and the whole person disappeared in the black hole.

Seeing him leave, Shiratori Eri checked the little girl who had been awake in her arms, and saw that she seemed to be just fainted and fell asleep peacefully, she was relieved from the heart, and then looked up at her and Gogo. Li confronted Osamu Dazai who appeared on the stairs from time to time, seeing that he had been silent, Shiratori Eri asked him puzzled.

"Senior Dazai?"

"Ah."

After she spoke, Osamu Dazai seemed to have just escaped from somewhere, and said calmly, "Eri-chan, what about this child?"

Although curious why Dazai Osamu, who has always been very proactive in arranging her actions, did not give instructions on what to do this time, Shiratori Eri responded quickly, "I checked and there is nothing wrong with her, so prepare to Send her back to her home, otherwise her family will be very anxious after discovering that the child is missing."

"Is that so?" Osamu Dazai lowered his eyes slightly, then walked down the stairs unhurriedly, bent down to look at the little girl in Shiratori's arms, with pure innocence on his face. Curious, "But Eri-chan doesn't know where her home is."

"This is indeed a problem, but I can try to find it."

Shiratori Eri was a little strange, as she got closer, she could feel something churning in Dazai-senpai's heart, but it was hard to tell.

After all, she can only vaguely perceive the emotions of people close to her, and as time goes by, the seal that Hidekiri gave her will slowly shake again, and her perception will gradually become weaker. , might disappear.

This also made Shiratori Eri think secretly, obviously she was not attacked by the curse again, causing the seal to become unstable, and then corroded by divine power.

But why does the seal tend to be melted again?

The last time she was at Zhongye's house in the Central Plains, she also found something was wrong.As if aware of her divine power, the god in Nakahara Chuya's body began to fluctuate strangely, echoing her divine power from a distance, slightly disturbing the trajectory of her spiritual power, and the consciousness disappeared after he walked away.

She kept this unusual phenomenon in mind, and when she was ready, she would go back to Shizheng and ask the old people if this was a sign that the god in that person was about to awaken.

If it is true, then she is not optimistic that the man named Nakahara Chuya can successfully survive and retain his consciousness.

Although I don't want to admit it, it is difficult for people to compete with the consciousness of gods. The natural power gap is there, and it cannot be easily broken and shaken by people.

"Eri-chan?"

"Eri-chan??"

A warm hand was suddenly placed on the shoulder, and compared with her own slightly lower body temperature, the hotter temperature made Shiratori Eri recover immediately, and found that she had accidentally ignored Osamu Dazai while thinking, and let him There was grievance on her face, "Eri-chan was thinking about something, but she didn't hear me."

"Ah, what did you say, senior?"

Because she was still pondering about Chuya Nakahara, Shiratori Eri really didn't hear what Osamu Dazai said in her ear. As soon as she finished asking, Osamu Dazai's mouth twitched, and he said in a heartbroken voice, "It's over, I won't do it again." It's not Eri-chan's most concerned senior, Eri-chan didn't even hear a word I said."

His plaintive words stunned Shiratori Eri, how did it feel like after a while, she and Dazai-senpai seemed to have a gap as big as a sky, making Shiratori Eri who thought she missed some key information cautiously Asked him bluntly, "Sorry, senior, but I really didn't hear you. Can you repeat that?"

"Well, it's actually about the cute Eri-chan, let me say it as many times as you want."

After receiving the answer, Osamu Dazai smiled and said, "Of course, I just want to tell Eri-chan that I know where this little girl's home is. I have met her and her family a few times."

He spit out an address indifferently, Shiratori Eri thought about it, and found that the distance from the detective agency was not too far, which is why Dazai-senpai was able to know.

But if you only met a few times by chance, you can remember the address of a passer-by who has met several times by accident. This memory is really excellent.

No, excellent is no longer enough to describe Senior Dazai, his IQ and EQ are also top-notch.Although I don't quite understand why he likes to wrap himself up with false appearances so much, and refuses to tell the truth all day long.

She had known him for a while, and she didn't seem to have heard what he said, and she always expressed his emotions in a roundabout way.

For example, now, even though he had an aggrieved expression just now, and now he is happily preparing to go out with him to send someone back, but in fact, the emotions she feels again at this time are more complicated and chaotic than just now. It's more like a slowly flowing undercurrent in the deep sea, which is enough to draw any force that approaches it under calm conditions.

I don't know what he was thinking.

Shiratori Eri thought for a moment, then gave up thinking, the only thing she could perceive was this, as if she couldn't analyze anything.

And she had other problems that weren't being addressed either.

For example, Senior Dazai clearly knew the address of the little girl, but he still asked himself what to do, and how he realized that he was confronting someone, so he appeared on the stairs silently, and how long he looked at it. , she doesn't even know.

It's impossible for her to ask Senior Dazai one by one, anyway, even if she asks, according to his personality, he will not tell the truth.

I always get used to asking her half-truths, and then change the topic with a smile after she answers, as if if I tell the truth, I will meet something I don't want to see.

I don't know how he developed such a character.

Eri Shiratori once also guessed whether it was what she didn't understand, his past experiences caused his inner self to be blocked, or his innate wisdom beyond others caused him to be particularly sensitive and lonely.

It's even possible that senior Dazai didn't meet someone who would allow him to express his emotions unscrupulously.

Who can tell such a thing.

Even she herself is most emotional when confronting Fu Sangshen who she doesn't want to see, and she is more concerned about all current affairs-related matters, and doesn't care much about others.

For her, as long as she accepts the good intentions of others, fights back and deals with malice, and then lives in this world in peace, wouldn't it be enough to feel the world with her eyes instead of her companions?

At least now, I do feel that Dazai-senpai has kindness towards me. Although his attitude towards him seems to be subtly changing, and he is running in other directions mixed with kindness, but that is not a big deal.

Eri Shiratori, who had figured this out, walked side by side with Osamu Dazai, who was very excited. There were also people coming and going, so Eri Shiratori had to be more careful to protect the child in her hand.

Seeing her like this, Osamu Dazai suddenly took the little girl in silence, smiled at her when Shiratori raised her head, and followed Shiratori's steps calmly.

Perhaps it was because of the lighting, in the dim view, Dazai Osamu's expression was extraordinarily gentle, which actually gave Shiratori Eri the illusion that the years are peaceful at this moment.

She blinked suspiciously, then looked forward again, and couldn't help but smack a smile that she didn't know why.

Maybe it's because it's nice to meet someone like Dazai-senpai who has been helping me in this world.